because I'm better at brainstorming than writing anyway

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nabbed from jaina

If you make up titles for stories I didn't write, I will respond with details of those non-written stories.


fandoms covered so far:

Fullmetal Alchemist - Freedom Kittens
Princess Tutu - Reconstruction (spoilers!)
Harry Potter - Lazy Days (spoilers!)
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Nightblindness (spoilers!), Girl With The Weight Of The World On Her Shoulders, Five Buildings Zuko Didn't Burn Down (spoilers!)
Naruto - In a Forest Without Trees

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

*for the record, I'm a book-7 Ginny/Neville secret-affair shipper.

For fanon I like Draco/Hermione, for canon I wouldn't wish Draco on anyone.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall reading that theory somewhere (probably when you first wrote about it) and loving it.

ah. I'm in the market for Draco/Ginny stuff that doesn't a) demonize Harry and b) doesn't involve some sort of fated prophecy about Draco and Ginny falling in love. And stuff that doesn't involve post-DH Draco because the idea of post-DH D/G is nonsensical to me.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I don't think you'd have to demonize Harry to make a good Ginny/other fic. You'd just have to point out that since they got together, Harry's been a good friend but a crappy-ass boyfriend. Maybe he'd be an angel when the war's over, I don't know, but he pushes her out of his life in book 6 and during book 7 he basically disappears. He pretty much only wants Ginny when it's convenient or when he needs her. Sure maybe he has romantic fantasies about her when they're separated, but basically his attitude is "Wait for me like a good little woman, because I have Serious Business and you are not my equal or my partner, just my girlfriend and you'd get in the way."

It's not much of a stretch to break THAT up. And it doesn't have to demonize Harry, it just has to be realistic. Because when you get down to it, Harry doesn't treat Hermione or Ron the sometimes dismissive way he treats Ginny.

Basically, I just didn't like the way the ship was written. It was better in 7 than 6, but still frustrating. I really wanted Ginny to be something except Harry's Love Interest. I'm glad at least she had the DA.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Word.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Or they could just, y'know, drift apart. The demonization of Harry is a very strong theme in almost every D/G fic I've ever read, and it frustrates me because I don't think Harry is a slutty jerk, and I also don't hate him for being in the way of Draco/Ginny. I actually kind of like Harry. In my epic fic, they're dating but don't see each other for a while, and when they meet again they just go "oh. Well. That appears to be over, then." And it's awkward and people get angry, but he's not out to ruin her life because she doesn't love him like that anymore. *glares at D/G fanfic writers*

I can see that. I was just sad not to see more Ginny--I mean, I know why she didn't come along in the last one, because it's the Trio and Trios don't usually get additions that late on, but I liked the bits of her character we saw, and I have my own fanon additions to that, and yeah, I just wanted her to do something. Reading more about the DA would've been fun. *suddenly realizes JKR should write short stories about Hogwarts during DH*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I am waiting for that perfect fanfiction novel: the other side of year 7. "Their Year", is what I might call it.

You know what I mean. The dream gen fic that matches with canon down to the details and basically follows the year through the eyes of Neville, Ginny, and Luna. A supplemental novel to DH.


Then I'd want an AU version where everything still matches canon, except the tiny detail of how Ginny and Neville accidentally fall in love.

TOTALLY JUMPING TOPICS

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Have you noticed how many amazing M-rated fics are out there for HPverse? It just rocks my socks... it's like Jossverse fandom all over again, the size of HP. It's probably much bigger, actually, and I only looked at BTVS through a Spuffy lens, so no doubt I missed a lot.

But, for example, you know I like Hermione/Draco fic. Last month I was browsing through the annual Dramione Awards, which I haven't ever looked at before, and I was aghast at the amount of well-written, epic or novel-length fics they had, many of them with a mature rating or at the minimum R rating. With ATLA fandom we're lucky to get 4 or 5 great longfics a season, and I can count on one hand the number of epic-length fics that have sexual themes... actually right now I can only think of like 3 in our entire fandom.

As fandom goes, I'm incredibly jealous of the wealth of talent HP attracts. We Zutarians have a lot of talent, but very few of us commit to 70,000 to 200,000 word stories, much less ones with explicit mature content. And really, the characters we play with are in the same age range as the HP characters, so why not?

I remember spending a whole day reading fic from that winners list, and even then I only read like 5 fics out of a whole list. I remember doing that for other fandoms too-- BTVS, Gundam Wing, Cowboy Bebop... ::sigh:: For all that Avatar fandom is huge, I sometimes think our ficdom is sorely lacking in population.

If you're curious, on the list I linked, I recommend:

The God of the Lost - scary + magic + action + fun adventure + epic house wars of awesome, not so much Draco/Hermione as Draco+Hermione+DEADLY THINGS THAT FRIGHTEN ME

Silencio - Broke my fucking heart, in the best way (see unspoilery comments wherein the author sincerely apologizes for that, and marvels that the first thing everyone says to her about the fic is that it totally ruined their day. In a good way.)

Valentine Encounter - slightly less perfect characterization than the two above (features a Hermione/Harry subplot as it was written before book 6), but not a whit less entertaining and sexy as hell plus epic spells and stuff.


I have a weakness for epic spells. That's one thing ATLA is short on: epic magic spells. We have to make due with destiny and the occasional spirit curse.


I don't know how typical cahracterization of Draco in D/Hr fics compares with him in Ginny/Draco fics, but I imagine its fairly similar. I find I like fics where he's still kind of evil, despite falling in love with a "Good" person. I like my evil-turned-good floppy-haired boys to be made really desperate and tortured before they win the day; its a redemption kink.

faaaaanfiiiiiic

[rasielle.livejournal.com]

Let me point you to Arctic Demon's profile for quality Draco/Hermione. That's where I first realized that the Draco/Hermione ship was talented, almost overwhelmingly so. Ginny/Draco is considerably smaller but there's still a lot of quality in it; however, in my personal experience, I've only come across Ginny/Draco oneshots or shortfics that were truly quality, not so much longfics.

Arctic Demon's Draco/Hermione oneshots are a great read, but in her favorites are the Draco/Hermione longfics that make a feast. I've just started "MacBeth" by cyropi myself; I read her oneshot torture!fic featuring a certain Malfoy and I can trust this author because that fic was awesome.

Re: faaaaanfiiiiiic

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I will have to come back and read that rec, no doubt.

The only other HP pairing i read is H/L, which is a pretty small shipdom, so I have no comparison. But I do know that D/Hr fandom is TALENTED, yes. Talented and pervy. And you get longfics that are dramatically different in style and in character interpretation, from the sedate college-romance fic that's like 50 bajillion chapters and kind of resembles older-shoujo, to epic battles as the backdrop of epic romance with epic spells, to really dark torture fics or Hurt/comfort stuff.

There was one, can't remember the title, where Draco basically held hermione "hostage" for months while running all around europe to find a horcrux, and it got very stolkhome syndrome, but in reality he was watchdogging her like witness protection or something, and had been a member of the order for a while but holding her hostage or whatever was all a lie. SO NEAT. Stuff like that-- long and creative and very broad. Je suis tout jealous!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I am another who likes fanon Draco/Ginny or Draco/Hermione.

The possibilities are just so interesting.

hey there

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

see my comment:

http://rashaka.livejournal.com/1277909.html?thread=5146325#t5146325